It has been quite interesting to find that some NRNs here have compared Pushpa Kamal Dahal, the new Maoist Prime Minister of the democratic republic of Nepal to Abhimanyu of the Pauranci legend Mahabharat fame, who knew how to get into the “chakrabueha” but did not know how to get away and paid with his life. Prime Minister Dahal has ultimately got what he had been trying for twelve long year even though at an unbelievably huge price – fifteen thousand precious human lives and destructions of the invaluable infrastructures of one of the poorest countries of the world worth billions of rupees which has turned the country into a bigger beggar. And now he looks like lost in the labyrinth he created for himself. With a cabinet composed of heterogeneous elements of paradoxical ideologies, each component pulling its own way; the influential political parties not part of the government, machinating to tear it down; his most unpopular Youth Communist League, creating insurmountable problems for him; the millions of traditionalists vying to oust him from power at the earliest and the big fissures appearing in his own party, all have contributed, in their own way, to make life most miserable for him. Besides, alienating the power without whose blessings and goodwill, no political party in Nepal has ever aspired to go to power and stay there for long could be said to be hastening the early demise of the unholy alliance. It seems even nature, or call it the unpropitious god, if you like, has not taken a fancy to Dahal and generated stupendous problem in the shape of the Koshi disaster, which is beyond his capacity and resources to resolve. The tragedy brought about by the Koshi havoc must be addressed at the top priority if he is to firmly establish his popularity and authority, which would not be at all easy with the sixty years of our unfortunate experience. As a matter of fact, even the poetic justice demands that Dahal must be given ample opportunity to prove his merit and bona fide. He has just started to taste the goodies of power after the bloody holocaust and historic happenings that have pushed the country to the brink of the precipice and lost its way in deep fog enveloping it. Since he is the principal architect of this denouement, he must be given the opportunity to justify his actions. If he fails to come up to the expectations of the people who have had to face vicious tribulations, he must be prepared to face the terrible consequences that are sure to follow. We, on our part, have been advising him to shed his partisan beliefs and behaviors and set an example of a real patriot. We do trust Dahal would listen to reason and openheartedly invite all patriotic forces to join him in the noble task of national reconstructions and nation building after the heartrending traumatic experiences the nation and its poor people have faced.

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